03032nam 2200553I 450 991064780030332120230301014457.0978194320847010.3998/mpub.12752816(CKB)26175223400041(MiU)10.3998/mpub.12752816(OCoLC)1371449855(MdBmJHUP)musev2_110807(ScCtBLL)9050b4ab-cf0a-4baf-a9d3-dd2f2e151d81(ODN)ODN0011022931(EXLCZ)992617522340004120230301h20232023 uy 0engurunu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJudicial rhapsodies rhetoric and fundamental rights in the Supreme Court /Doug Coulson[Amherst, MA] :Amherst College Press,2023.©20231 online resource (viii, 276 pages)Title from eBook information screen..9781943208463 Includes bibliographical references (pages 239 -256) and index.Introduction : Rhapsodic Jurisprudence -- 1. Judicial and Epideictic Rhetoric : A False Division -- 2. Freedom of Speech, Paramologia, and the Flag -- 3. Keeping Government Out of Religion and Vice Versa -- 4. Storms, Shadows, and Privacy -- Conclusion : Truth Has No BonesAll judges legitimize their decisions in writing, but US Supreme Court justices depend on public acceptance to a unique degree. Previous studies of judicial opinions have explored rhetorical strategies that produce legitimacy, but none have examined the laudatory, even operatic, forms of writing Supreme Court justices have used to justify fundamental rights decisions. Doug Coulson demonstrates that such "judicial rhapsodies" are not an aberration but a central feature of judicial discourse. First examining the classical origins of divisions between law and rhetoric, Coulson tracks what he calls an epideictic register--highly affective forms of expression that utilize hyperbole, amplification, and vocabularies of praise--through a surprising number of landmark Supreme Court opinions. Judicial Rhapsodies recovers and revalues these instances as significant to establishing and maintaining shared perspectives that form the basis for common experience and cooperation.Judicial processUnited StatesJudicial opinionsUnited StatesRhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesLawUnited StatesMethodologyCivil rightsUnited StatesJudicial processJudicial opinionsRhetoricPolitical aspectsLawMethodology.Civil rightsLAN015000LAW000000LAW111000bisacshCoulson Doug1969-1349457Amherst College.Press,EYMEYM9910647800303321Judicial rhapsodies3087361UNINA